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Earthdog · 05-27-2002, 04:28 AM

Epona, having had some major problems with XP myself, I wouldnt be interested in putting it back on my computer. Something you might be interested in knowing about XP is its a NTFS (all that means is NT based Filing System) and not DOS based. Some games WILL NOT install on NTFS. If youre a fan of BG2 i cant tell you one way orthe other if youll be able to install it. My wife had XP on her comp and she couldnt get several games to install. So she went back to Windows ME.

You dont have to do the NTFS partition. You can do an "upgrade install" and keep your FAT 32 partitions, and not have to do a complete "clean install" of XP. My brotehr is Microsoft A+ certified and thats what he told me this weekend. I wish I had known that stuff before when I had tried XP on my comp and had major problems with it and ended up going back to ME.

My only real complaint with XP was severe hardware incapatabilities. I didnt want to have to buy all new hardware just to run an OS.

Minimum ram requirement for XP is 128 meg. You really need at least 256 though. Makes your comp run a lot better.

05-27-2002, 04:28 AM	#8
Earthdog Emerald Dragon Join Date: May 1, 2001 Location: melbourne victoria australia Age: 60 Posts: 960	Epona, having had some major problems with XP myself, I wouldnt be interested in putting it back on my computer. Something you might be interested in knowing about XP is its a NTFS (all that means is NT based Filing System) and not DOS based. Some games WILL NOT install on NTFS. If youre a fan of BG2 i cant tell you one way orthe other if youll be able to install it. My wife had XP on her comp and she couldnt get several games to install. So she went back to Windows ME. You dont have to do the NTFS partition. You can do an "upgrade install" and keep your FAT 32 partitions, and not have to do a complete "clean install" of XP. My brotehr is Microsoft A+ certified and thats what he told me this weekend. I wish I had known that stuff before when I had tried XP on my comp and had major problems with it and ended up going back to ME. My only real complaint with XP was severe hardware incapatabilities. I didnt want to have to buy all new hardware just to run an OS. Minimum ram requirement for XP is 128 meg. You really need at least 256 though. Makes your comp run a lot better. __________________ THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE!!!